It varies, but I interns are overall pretty free to develop as they see fit.Flexible hours.A few fun activities throughout the semester.

Cons

Progress can be slow and people in the company often don't email back if you have questions.Lots of paperwork to do simple things.Lots of restrictions on what we're allowed to do, such as download software on the provided machines.Not a ton of feedback, as projects leads often don't have a programing background and you may only be around fellow interns who know as much as you.

You get to work with a bunch of interns that are your age and get pretty interesting work compared to a lot of "intern work" at big companies

Cons

The people are very friendly but seem to be very settled in their careers and lack motivation to do more.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Keep professionals motivated by encouraging growth. Employees should want to find new opportunities and not just settle in where they are. Great family culture, but lack of fit when you have a very professional mindset.

They were really flexible with my the days and hours I could work and the people were very nice.

Cons

The people were great but the internship was lacking. When I was told about the position I was under the impression that there would be selling involved with the internship and "real world" experience. I did not do anything except set up appointments and sit in the back of the office doing nothing.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Develop a real internship and give the intern more to do than just making appointments….

Pros as a Systems employee(at Bloomington Corporate South)- A lot of room for growth, promotions, raises, bonuses.- Jeans and t-shirts are daily wear(even some managers wear things like sports team jerseys. Obviously you want to dress nice for important days.)- Many people "work to live" instead of the other way around- 2 weeks vacation, 3 weeks after 5(?)- PTO for dentist appointments and stuff like that- Paid sick days- From what people said benefits were "decent"- Work from home days- Flexible hours- Pretty good salary and get raises fairly quickly.- Can apply to different positions at different locations- Leadership training- Will pay for MBA

Pros as an intern:- $18-20 as a Systems Analyst intern.- 2 paid days off- Paid housings- Can start 401k (also I've heard internships count as time at the company and helps with retirement)- Many seniors got competitive full time offers.- Currently able to pick which location you want to work full time(Atlanta, Bloomington, Dallas, Phoenix)- Get to do real programming- Can be kept busy and not bored as an intern depending on team

Cons

Cons as a Systems employee- Most jobs in Bloomington(a.k.a. cornfield U.S.A.)- Afraid of making people worried so they keep a lot in the dark (a good example is the "Dual pair metroplex", either people have no idea what it is, or they're worried that everything related to the datacenter is moving to Dallas.)- Want to move people to hubs, but don't help their spouses that also work there- Some technologies are old and no one really wants to do them.

Cons as an intern- Other IT interns at large corporations can be paid more.- Don't have any idea what you're doing before you get there- Many teams are not prepared for intern because they aren't sure what they're getting so they don't know what type of work to have planned.- People who would be returning interns still don't know if they have an offer for next year.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Reach out to interns earlier in internships, at the end I had many directors and AVPs ask why no one had any meetings with them, because interns don't realize that we can reach out to them.